The gut microbiota shapes the human and murine breath volatilome

Authors

• Ariel J Hernandez-Leyva, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Amalia Z Berna, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Maggie H Bui, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Yang Liu, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Anne L Rosen, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Michael A Lint, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Samantha A Whiteside, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Natalia Jaeger, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Ryan T McDonough, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Nikhilesh Joardar, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Jesús Santiago-Borges, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Christopher P Tomera, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Wentai Luo, Portland State University
• Audrey R Odom John, University of Pennsylvania
• Andrew L Kau, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Journal

Cell Metabolism

Publication Date

4-7-2026

Volume

38

Issue

4

First Page

779

Last Page

793.e8

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1016/j.cmet.2025.12.013

Rights and Permissions

Hernandez-Leyva AJ, Berna AZ, Bui MH, Liu Y, Rosen AL, Lint MA, Whiteside SA, Jaeger N, McDonough RT, Joardar N, Santiago-Borges J, Tomera CP, Luo W, Odom John AR, Kau AL. The gut microbiota shapes the human and murine breath volatilome. Cell Metab. 2026 Apr 7;38(4):779-793.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.12.013. © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Recommended Citation

Hernandez-Leyva, Ariel J; Berna, Amalia Z; Bui, Maggie H; Liu, Yang; Rosen, Anne L; Lint, Michael A; Whiteside, Samantha A; Jaeger, Natalia; McDonough, Ryan T; Joardar, Nikhilesh; Santiago-Borges, Jesús; Tomera, Christopher P; Luo, Wentai; Odom John, Audrey R; and Kau, Andrew L, "The gut microbiota shapes the human and murine breath volatilome." Cell Metabolism. 38, 4. 779 - 793.e8. (2026).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/7453

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)

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